“Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today we revisit U2’s ninth studio album, an unexpected—and contentious—zig-zag into sounds inspired by hip-hop and dance.”
“It is hard to believe we’re a whole decade away from The Joshua Tree — U2’s very own Born in the U.S.A., their Purple Rain, their defining moment of megastardom. Seems like only yesterday that the band was gazing out from the wide-screen desertscape sleeve of the 15 million-selling album: four Dublin boys against the […]”
